I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Manhattan borough.

"The United Nations initiated a re-vote on Resolution 1884 (Eighteenth Session), which was unanimously adopted on October 17, 1963, to discuss whether to adopt the latest amendments."

“In accordance with the unanimous resolution adopted by the permanent members of the Security Council on September 20, 2017, Article 4 of the Outer Space Treaty adopted in Resolution 1884 is modified as follows:

Originally, nuclear weapons or any other anti-personnel weapon entities were not allowed to be deployed in low-Earth orbit or other celestial bodies, and such weapons were not allowed to be deployed in any form in outer space anywhere else; it was prohibited to establish military operations in low-Earth orbit, celestial bodies and other outer space. The provision of conducting weapons tests on bases is still valid, but the following situations should not be restricted by this provision:

First, based on the demand for peaceful development and utilization of space resources, if the use of nuclear explosive devices with the same principle is required, after obtaining a license issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency, you can apply to legally qualified nuclear energy agencies and companies to use fusion-type devices whose main reaction is Explosive devices, and used under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shall not be considered weapons entities under Article 4;

Second, when encountering possible physical threats in space, such as asteroids, meteorites, and space debris, which may threaten human life, the natural environment, or cause significant property losses, legal nuclear-armed countries need to fight back after mutual agreement, It is not considered to violate the original intention of "Outer Space Jump";

Note: All the above supplementary provisions are intended to facilitate the peaceful development and utilization of space resources by mankind and to protect human safety in the atmosphere. When behavior contrary to this purpose occurs, the United Nations has the responsibility to take action against relevant parties. "

After the Secretary-General finished reading, the general vote began immediately.

164 votes were in favor, 25 were against, and 4 abstained. With more than 85% of the votes in favor, the resolution was passed!

Most of the objections came from countries in Northern Europe who opposed in the name of environmental protection. However, Yukio Takasu, a representative of the island country, clearly opposed the use of nuclear bombs under any circumstances and also expressed his opposition.

At the same time, the island country is also the only one among the nine non-permanent members to hold an opposition, which makes everyone pay attention to them.

Not only was there opposition within the venue, but the Manhattan police outside the building had just stopped a demonstration, which was mainly conducted by people from island countries, to promote the harm caused by nuclear weapons to people.

After completing the statistics and announcing the approval, the Secretary-General knew all this clearly, and his eyes stayed on Yukio Takasu for a while before the meeting ended.

After the meeting, Yukio Takasu also accepted a public interview with reporters, clenching his fists in front of the camera and shouting:

"The people of the world will never forget the terrible harm that nuclear weapons have caused to mankind. Any relaxation of restrictions on their use is dangerous. We still call for the complete destruction of nuclear weapons and abandon the terrible strategy of mutual destruction!"

After talking eloquently in front of reporters, Yukio Takasu showed signs of fatigue when he returned to the car. He was already over 70 years old, and it was time to submit his resignation.

But at this time, the attendant told him the news that the Tomishima pollution investigation team composed of experts from many countries had arrived in Edo. A total of 13 experts from seven countries began pollution assessment work as soon as they landed.

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Qinling Mountains.

An area was separated in the forest at the foot of the mountain, and a medium-to-large stadium-sized building was built with a steel structure, but it only had a frame.

If you use a drone to look down from above, you can also find that the structure is in the shape of a Rello triangle, which is extremely conspicuous in the dense forest.

In the wooden camp in the forest, Ding Bijun, who is wearing a blue engineering hat, is almost indistinguishable from the construction workers. For several months, he has been supervising the construction of Zhuri Project's first ground receiving antenna array in the forest. .

The skin on the face of this professor from a prestigious university has become darker and his figure has lost a lot of weight, but his eyes are still shining.

Just yesterday, a Long March 7A rocket sent the first batch of experimental space power generation satellites "Chiwu-1" into a synchronous transfer orbit. It is actually a pile of solar panels.

After the Zhuri project was launched, the space agency kicked out several chief engineers to set up a private company specializing in solar cells to produce the ultra-large, ultra-lifetime and high-efficiency solar cells needed for the Zhuri project.

Subsequently, Xinyuan also invested in the company named "Kuafu" and produced the first batch of experimental solar cells in August:

K1 type foldable ultra-large area solar cell: a single unfolded size is 11.8*11.8 meters, an effective area of ​​nearly 140 square meters, a power generation capacity of 56 kilowatts, a total weight of about 348 kilograms, and a power generation capacity of 0.4 kilowatts per square meter.

The test satellite sent up this time with the carrying capacity of Long March 7 is equipped with 8 K1 batteries. After arriving in geostationary orbit, it unfolds in a circle. In the middle is the most critical microwave transmitting device. The entire satellite has a mass of 11 tons and a theoretical power generation capacity of 448 kilowatts. The theoretical power transmitted to the ground is 410 kilowatts, and the transmission efficiency is 91.5%.

The system currently launched is still an imperfect verification version. In Ding Bijun’s vision, the efficiency of mature solar cell arrays in the future will be increased by another 24%, reaching 0.5 kilowatts per square meter, while the microwave transmission efficiency will be increased to about 94%.

However, in fact, the first verification test has exceeded expectations. Ding Bijun's original plan was to test launch a satellite with a power generation of about 10 kilowatts for the first time and conduct a simple verification, but Xinyuan Company believed that the scale was too small. It was of little value, and then the power of the test system was increased to the current level. Ding Bijun himself was a little uncomfortable with it, so he could only do his best to complete the development of space-based satellites and ground receiving systems.

"Director Ding, the satellite side said it is ready. Now the angles of the eight solar panels are aligned, and the power generation capacity is 454 kilowatts. It can be tested on the ground."

"Check the protective measures first, but still be careful."

"yes!"

Ding Bijun attaches great importance to safety. The receiving antenna array is one kilometer away from the control room to prevent personnel from being exposed to excessive microwave radiation.

The microwave transmitting device installed on "Chiwu No. 1" can accurately control the coverage area to not exceed a diameter of 400 meters, which can not only avoid waste but also facilitate control after practical use, but it will also cause a large amount of microwave radiation in the target area. Although It is not fatal in the short term, but it is still a threat to personnel.

At the same time, this system also uses laser calibration, and the positioning of the microwave transmitter is completed in less than half an hour.

After confirming again that there was no problem with the laser calibration, Ding Bijun gave the order to start the test.

In less than a second after the signal was sent, he felt a brief itching on his skin, and the temperature rose slightly as if being illuminated by the sun, but then disappeared like an illusion, and only the slight rise of goosebumps could To be truly felt.

But he didn't have time to pay attention to this. The antenna array on the ground responded earlier than the human body. The microwave radiation intensity meter and power generation numbers that were originally stable at "0" immediately began to jump and quickly exceeded three digits.

The morning at the foot of the mountain was full of chills, but the originally cold metal antenna array began to heat up slightly evenly. Although the heat per unit volume was very small, the infrared camera that had been set up long ago still captured the air that seemed to suddenly boil.

The fish that had slipped through the net that the bird repeller failed to drive away scrambled to fly out of the gaps in the dense forest, flapped their wings and escaped without looking back, spreading out in all directions with the antenna array as the center.